The Works of Richard Savage ...T. Evans, 1777 |
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עמוד iii
... first endeavour their own benefit ; and that they who are most able to teach others the way to happinefs , fhould with most certainty follow it themselves . a 2 But But this expectation , however plaufible , has been very LIF E OF THE ...
... first endeavour their own benefit ; and that they who are most able to teach others the way to happinefs , fhould with most certainty follow it themselves . a 2 But But this expectation , however plaufible , has been very LIF E OF THE ...
עמוד v
... first obtained in the Spiritual Court ; which we look upon as an ill precedent , and may be of dangerous confequence in the future . HALIFAX . ROCHESTER . the care of her child could have brought upon her 23 the LIFE OF THE AUTHOR ...
... first obtained in the Spiritual Court ; which we look upon as an ill precedent , and may be of dangerous confequence in the future . HALIFAX . ROCHESTER . the care of her child could have brought upon her 23 the LIFE OF THE AUTHOR ...
עמוד vi
... first hour of his life to the last . But whatever were her motives , no fooner was her fon born , than fhe discovered a refolution of difowning him ; and in a very fhort time removed him from her fight , by committing him to the care of ...
... first hour of his life to the last . But whatever were her motives , no fooner was her fon born , than fhe discovered a refolution of difowning him ; and in a very fhort time removed him from her fight , by committing him to the care of ...
עמוד viii
... first inftance of a lie invented by a mother to deprive her fon of a provifion which was defigned him by ano- ther , and which she could not expect herself , though he fhould lose it . This was therefore an act of wickednefs which could ...
... first inftance of a lie invented by a mother to deprive her fon of a provifion which was defigned him by ano- ther , and which she could not expect herself , though he fhould lose it . This was therefore an act of wickednefs which could ...
עמוד xi
... first attempt , and without any other knowledge of the queftion , than he had cafually collected from converfation , published a poem against the bishop . What was the fuccefs or merit of this performance I know not ; it was probably ...
... first attempt , and without any other knowledge of the queftion , than he had cafually collected from converfation , published a poem against the bishop . What was the fuccefs or merit of this performance I know not ; it was probably ...
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
afferted affiftance Afide againſt anſwer becauſe cauſe cavalier confequence confidered converfation cou'd Count defign defire diftrefs Don Philip eafily endeavoured Engliſh Enter Exit fame fatire fatisfaction favour fcheme fecurity feems fent fervant fhall fhort fhould Fide Fidelia firſt folicited fome fometimes foon foul friendſhip ftill fuccefs fuch fuffer fufficient fupport herſelf himſelf honour houfe houſe huſband intereft kindneſs lady laſt leaſt lefs likewife Lord Tyrconnel Madam mifery misfortunes moft moſt muft muſt myſelf neceffary never Northampton obferved occafion Overbury paffion penfion perfon Phil pleaſe pleaſure poem prifoner promife propofed publiſhed reafon refentment refolution Richard Savage Savage ſee ſhall ſhe Sir Cha Sir Richard Sir Robert Walpole Sir Thomas Overbury Somerſet ſtate ſtill tenderneſs thee thefe themſelves Theophilus Cibber theſe thofe thoſe thou thought uſe utmoſt virtue whofe whoſe wou'd
קטעים בולטים
עמוד xi - ... reckoning and return home; but his expectations deceived him, for Sir Richard told him that he was without money, and that the pamphlet must be sold before the dinner could be paid for; and Savage was therefore obliged to go and offer their new production to sale for two guineas, which with some difficulty he obtained.
עמוד i - IT has been observed in all ages, that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little to the promotion of happiness ; and that those whom the splendour of their rank, or the extent of their capacity, have placed upon the summits of human life, have not often given any just occasion to envy in those who look up to them from a lower station...
עמוד x - Savage came as he had promised, found the chariot at the door, and Sir Richard waiting for him and ready to go out. What was intended, and whither they were to go, Savage could not conjecture, and was not willing to inquire, but immediately seated himself with Sir Richard.
עמוד xvii - During a considerable part of the time in which he was employed upon this performance he was without lodging, and often without meat; nor had he any other conveniences for study than the fields or the streets allowed him; there he used to walk and form his speeches, and afterwards step into a shop, beg for a few moments the use of the pen and ink, and write down what he had composed upon paper which he had picked up by accident.
עמוד x - Dealer ; from which he quotes this strong saying of the generous Sir Richard Steele, that ' the inhumanity of his mother had given him a right to find every good man his father.
עמוד xlviii - It was his peculiar happiness, that he scarcely ever found a stranger whom he did not leave a friend ; but it must likewise be added, that he had not often a friend long, without obliging him to become a stranger.
עמוד iv - Savage. Born with a legal claim to honour and to affluence, he was in two months illegitimated by the parliament and disowned by his mother, doomed to poverty and obscurity, and launched upon the ocean of life, only that he might be swallowed by its quicksands or dashed upon its rocks.
עמוד lxxxiv - ... nothing will supply the want of prudence; and that negligence and irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible.